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A great animation of a piece by Stephen Fry

Phyl — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:19:31 +0000

A penetrating discourse on language by Stephen Fry, visually and brilliantly brought to life by Matthew Rogers. [...]

Cheese or Font

Phyl — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:24:41 +0000

It's called Cheese or Font, and it's a site where you see a name and have to decide whether it's referring to some sort of cheese, or to a specialized font. [...]

Organizing the Bookshelves!

Phyl — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:34:58 +0000

If you've gotta reorganize your bookcases, might as well make it fun, eh? And make a video of it! [...]

My Favourite Reviews of Lord of the Rings

Phyl — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:25:40 +0000

Jonathan Cullen's LOTR reviews on Goodreads are all done from Sauron's point of view. People are so funny, aren't they? [...]

World Map with Literal Names

Phyl — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:31:50 +0000

I'm really enjoying this map, that shows the literal translation of the names of the countries and oceans. I rather enjoy living in The Village. :-) [...]

Dan IS Harry Potter

Phyl — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:27:38 +0000

This is an absolute scream.

I Am Harry Potter from Daniel Radcliffe

Rives and a TED poem in Emoticons

Phyl — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:04:01 +0000

Love this little story, told in emoticons! [...]

Clash of the Geeks ebook Download

Phyl — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:43:21 +0000

Do you remember Wil Wheaton? If you saw the early years (or saw reruns) of Star Trek: The Next Generation, you'll know him as Wesley Crusher, the rather annoying child prodigy and son of the ship's doctor. But really, he got better. [...]

Dictionary of the Near Future

Phyl — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:37:47 +0000

Canadian author and culture scholar Douglas Coupland provided this Dictionary of the Near Future in the New York Times yesterday. We may indeed need some of these terms in years to come. They’re all amusing, but some made me chuckle more than others.

FICTIVE REST The inability of many people to fall asleep until after [...]

Revolutionary Device for Information Storage and Sharing: The Book

Phyl — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:49:04 +0000

Undoubtedly many of you have seen this here and there before. But I just can’t resist linking to this latest version. And no, I promise, this isn’t a jab at e-readers (well…only a teasing one). I still plan to get an e-reader myself some day, you know, when I can both pay the rent and [...]